We and you perhaps, we waited for this important announce: The archives of Paris are now on line at http://canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/archives_etat_civil/ This concerns the records rebuilt until

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Many thanks to all of you who so quickly deciphered the town name as Bila Tserkva about 23 or so miles >from Skvira - it's so great having more pairs of eyes looking for answers to these questions! Ja

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I also observed that for the period of 1900 and earlier,the maiden name of the mother is not listed. It simply lists, "Mother's Name," and the married name of the mother is written. Secondly,>from the

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Dear Genners - I would be grateful for translation of the 1932 death record for Naftalie Herschmann residing in Essen, born in Sanok Poland, that is on Viewmate: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/view

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Dear Tracie, Allan Jordan was pretty much correct, after 1915 no city directory for Brooklyn was issued until one was issued in 1933-34 - the last one to be published for Brooklyn. Thereafter only tel

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Gershon Markowitz wrote This was most probably Iske, Hungarian pre-Trianon name of village Izkovce (near Velke Kapuscany) in Slovakia. ps. I could be wrong Alexander Sharon Calgary, Ab

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This is a birth entry of Feibisch (entry 23). I am most interested in the information in the other columns- names, identification, and other data. Thank you. Milton Koch KOCH- Jagelnica/Potok Zloty BA

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One of my students at the senior citizen home tells a story.. about two Polish men who were dumped in Mexico after the WWII without papers and no way to get back to Poland. Question...who dumped them?

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I am seeking information on the DEVORETZ family tree, for my sister. I was told that the family is a rabbinic Lithuanian family. The branch I am in contact with left Lith. for Argentina sometime in th

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LitvakSIG has had some records for the city of Kalvarija (Suwalki Gubernia) translated. Included are 392 Death records >from 1922-1939, 112 Marriage records added to the All Lithuania Database for eig

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"Connecting to Your Roots" is a new video about why and how we do Jewish genealogy, and it's getting fabulous feedback! 7 minutes to see it now at: www.leadel.net/jews-that-do-contest/videos/connectin

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Isabel Cymerman wrote family? Isabel, 1929 Poland Business Directory is your best friend: Go directly to the second page of Siedlce entry in this Directory: http://data.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/1929/loadt

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See Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter for October 09, 2009: Volunteers Sought for the Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/48932/470410/2667741/http://blog.eo

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Here's a new angle: Check Passport applications on a genealogy site. She may not have needed citizenship for living in the States (women couldn't vote then and there was no SS) but if she wanted to tr

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In helping my mother reorganize, I found two souvenir programs >from the bar mitzvah of Morton Louis TARTER. It is in the form of a Torah scroll, featuring a large photo of Morton, the menu >from the

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I have heard of cases of Kohanim losing their status for breaking some halachic laws pertaining to Kohamin. In that case, they wouldn't be Kohanim anymore (and neither would their descendants) but the

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I did know a man who called himself Chick (presumably a nickname). It has been over 30 years and I don't remember if he was Jewish.

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Dear fellow researchers, I have wanted to express my deep gratitude to all members, who took the time and effort, and helped me with transaltions of the Krakow - Klimontow records I have uploaded last

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The JGS of Colorado will present a "Hands-On Workshop For Using the Computer to Research Family History" for Novices/Beginners on Thursday 19 Nov. at 6:30 p.m. at the Denver University Computer Lab. D

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Dr. Greenhut's email >from the Family Finder of Oct. 11, 2009 bounced. If anyone has had contact with him since and has a better email please let me know. If anyone else is interested in the Kohlberg

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